Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

Picasso7

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Wow Elaine.....that's some haul. I went to the seaside one which used to be so good for whoopsies. I hung around for a while and left with 4 packs of Angus beef and a pot of yoghurt. The yoghurt went through at full price so I got a £2 giftcard meaning I got it all free:D

Picked up £10 in wombles but just good comparisons. Nothing stands out:o

Has no one bought beer today?:o

My store tried to tell me that £2 gift card is only when SEL is wrong. I’m ringing HQ today.

Picasso7

tweets wrote: »

Quick mum update I may not answer your quotes but you deserve an update if I can get to end without crying again

Last Monday update at home mum in now she had been there 9 weeks :eek:

Still not walking

Bro wasn't at meeting he working me and Aunty went
Mum was also there with social worker , a physio and 2 staff.

Decided mum needed to go in short stay carehome for 4 weeks not fit enough to go home still in wheelchair in home she in.

Social worker sent email to age uk lady asking if she could ring me and explain.

She rang but we decided it best if she visited .

She did Friday after work I was on my own did text bro telling him when she was visiting didn't hear back from him

Lady talked to me and I understand short stay may be longer stay or even permanent

Gave me 4 homes which catered for mums needs to try or get her back walking so she could go home
1 full but :eek: wouldn't send Poppy there :mad:
Big top up fee one and another nearly as far away for me as one she in now .

Aunty away went Friday back tomorrow so she ringing me either today or tomorrow about meeting me to go visiting homes 2 near me but one got massive :eek: top up fee which age woman said me and bro would have to pay its more than my weekly pay :eek:

We going visiting Tuesday after work as far as I know if aunty still being able to make it . They want mum out off home asap.

Have shown AJ the homes and we have put the same home at number one

Bro finally got in touch last night and left me in floods of tears which made our Poppy jump up next to me and she started licking my hand she my :A

Not even going into what bro said :mad:

I could easily have packed my bags and Poppy's last night and vanished without a trace. Thank goodness for DS , AJ and Cook at work .

AJ and Cook are :A

Also got another Aunty , 1 mums neighbours and mum herself doing my head in could scream I am doing my best but seems the best isn't good enough I need to do more.

Have to go now tears about to start again.

Sorry if its higgildy piggildy and out of sorts bit like me at the moment

Tweets, so sorry. Try to stay steady.

Jeremiah_T_Stone

Good morning lovely peoples :wave:

bubbs wrote: »

:T:T:T:T looks lovely, well done

Thank you Bubbs :A There's still a lot of work to be done - that's why I took a picture of only part of it
My wife wanted a "wildlife pond", so I've made a gentle slope from the Scottish cobblestones to the bottom to allow wee beasties to climb out
During the build, I've hidden notes/ messages/ pictures (weatherproofed with the vacuum sealer) to be found by my family at a later date

We've had a beautiful turtle dove visiting our lawn for several days, serenading with her deep purring/ calling. But last night she was attacked by a magpie - I just managed to get out in time to shoo it off as it pinned the dove down - I haven't seen the turtle dove so far this morning

Please glitch fairy can you come back? We are all missing you :A

Enterprise_1701C

Good morning all, glorious blue sky here again, but could someone please send us some rain, could really do with it for the garden

Jeremiah_T_Stone

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

Good morning all, glorious blue sky here again, but could someone please send us some rain, could really do with it for the garden

I agree Enterprise :A
I'm out in the garden with my hosepipe every night now

mrsmac10

diluvsdiscounts wrote: »

Good morning.

I met the most remarkable lady yesterday. She knits hair for kids who have had chemo. How fab is that? She made 50 and took them to Alderhey and they told her that there were 4200 children in the UK that needed them so she has carried on crocheting them. She has set up a charity to raise money for the wool and she has other people helping her make them too. I don't know how to crochet but there's a knitting class in my town that does lessons so I'm going to learn.
If there's anyone on here who can crochet and is interested in helping pm me and I'll send you her details.
She met Jamie carragher last week as his charity 23 is helping her with her fund raising.
I am sending her the next signed man utd shirt we get although I did explain it could be 12 months until we get another one.
She was such an inspiring lady, she inspired me to book our next pub quiz when we met dd at the pub so for the locals its 21st October, pandoraskids I hope your daughter can make the next one I'll make sure FC gets her room booked again.

Morning

Di that's what I love about this thread This is always something new to learn

You will have a PM later

diluvsdiscounts

mrsmac10 wrote: »

Morning

Di that's what I love about this thread This is always something new to learn

You will have a PM later

:smileyhea

mrsmac10

Good morning all

Well yesterday passed without any achievements but I did apply for some jobs :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Its a requirement of my ACAS claim

Off to email about our councils old person leisure card then I need to go to Debenhams and then pick up school shorts from Marks

Maybe a wee trip to see my DIL then home to make DH's dinner

Enjoy whatever you do

emerald21

diluvsdiscounts wrote: »

Funny you should say that as I asked at customer services on Saturday if they had any kids England t shirts and the lady snapped at me I don't know there's nobody on George today. I commented to dh as I walked away they could do with sending their staff to waitrose to see how they treat the customers.
Shocking behaviour. I cannot decide if a job in customer services attracts those kind of people or if the job turns them like that :rotfl: I don't suppose we will ever know the answer to that one.

Yes I agree Di they obviously don't have any training. They just turn up as no one else is there I think.

Funny enough there was an adamant awkward one in M & S Cafe yesterday when I went for my free drink . It was after 12 and I didn't realise that was the deadline and the look on her face when I was talking about it you would think I was trying to rob the place.:)

. She was in the right as it happens but people like that just make me go on the defensive, so I'm no angel I don't suppose :eek:

She called someone else over who was very nice and the right person for a customer service position . Very calming , smiled , explained and diffused the situation nicely and I went away happier and determined to use my others well before 12 lol.

mhoc

curl_girl wrote: »

:eek:
That's theft!
I bet the carrier bag charge hasn't helped stores, the amount of people you see coming out of shops holding clothing without purchasing a bag.


Morning peeps.

In our Sainsbury's store they have new fancy tills at self scan. At the end you get the option of getting a receipt or not but the selection screen only stays up for seconds before it closes the transaction so no receipt.
So if you get distracted, turn your head, go looking for your bag for life ... etc then you get no receipt. The supervisor was even more run off her feet yesterday doing something with screens to get peoples receipts.
I think people who already don't trust SS or find it a faff will have even more difficulty if they don't get receipts.
OK so it saves on till rolls but then SS tills have a tendency to encourage pilfering - mostly accidental but sometimes not. Without a receipt I think a few more will try it on.